Safe Harbor is something that I know at least that they have in
Texas where if prior to your shift you feel that the assignment is
unsafe or you are unable to do the assignment you can fill out after
requesting help or reassignment from management and they are not able
to do so, so it can be put into peer review as to whether the
assignment is within reasonable limitation. Its more so a way to
state that you feel that it is unsafe so if something where to happen
you have documentation that you brought this to the attention prior
to an incident happening.

--- In emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com, Robin <faith_renewed@...>
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>  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we
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> From: cynthiamaybailey <cynthiamaybailey@...>
> Subject: [emergency-nurse.org] Re: Nurse in need of advice
> To: emergency-nurse@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 11:36 AM
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> Chris I would say if you feel it is unsafe I would leave however Im
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> --- In emergency-nurse@ yahoogroups. com, "chris_rn2006"
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> > I am a RN supervisor at a rural hospital in virginia. We have a
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> > problem is that they are wanting me to cover the med/surg floor
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> > problem with this is you have to have a RN to triage in the ER
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> > since my name has to go on the paper work I do not feel
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> > leaving the ER when there is a patient. The other problem is that
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> > someone passes away because of this. I don't feel that this is
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> > for patients or my license. Can someone please give me some input.
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> > Thanks for the time and support.
> > Chris
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